My ever Dearest Judy, It was w^th the utmost Joy
I rec^d y^rs a whole Week past, without my ever
being blest w^th a line from you, y^r wonted Good=
=ness teaches me to expect, daily, a token of y^t re=
=membrance, & to be inform’d of y^r Welfare. Yester=
=day was the anniversary of our first Happyness
I kept it w^th double pomp of Joy, My Freinds
were so good as to sup w^th me, & to give me leave
to trouble them w^th Felicity My eternal Love
how shall I find means to thank you for the
innumerable obligation I have rec^d from you?
When you gave me y^r self xxxx I thought my self
possess of an immense Treasure, but when I have been
blest w^th you two years, & every moment a moment
of Joy, w^t word, w^t name must I give to my Happyness
How poor are the rest of Mankind, when compar’d to me?
I cannot hear y^t His Majesty designs being here
this month, I greatly fear I shall be detained xxx
longer than I imagin’d, was His Majestie but got to
S^t James’s, I cou’d make little excursion to Hertfordshire

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but now am oblig’d to keep Watch, & have not stir’d
once from my Quarters since I left you.
I have had two Messengers to let me know Dinner
is upon the Table, therefore bid you adieu for the
present. I am my Dearest Judy
y^rs Entirely
M Madan

Westham Dec:15^th 1725

My Duty & Love where Due.

My ever Dearest Judy, It was w^th the utmost Joy
I rec^d y^rs a whole Week past, without my ever
being blest w^th a line from you, y^r wonted Good=
=ness teaches me to expect, daily, a token of y^t re=
=membrance, & to be informed of y^r Welfare. Yester=
=day was the anniversary of our first Happiness
I kept it w^th double pomp of Joy, My Friends
were so good as to sup w^th me, & to give me leave
to trouble them w^th Felicity My eternal Love
how shall I find means to thank you for the
innumerable obligation I have rec^d from you?
When you gave me y^r self xxxx I thought my self
possess of an immense Treasure, but when I have been
blest w^th you two years, & every moment a moment
of Joy, w^t word, w^t name must I give to my Happiness
How poor are the rest of Mankind, when compared to me?
I cannot hear y^t His Majesty designs being here
this month, I greatly fear I shall be detained xxx
longer than I imagined, was His Majesty but got to
S^t James’s, I could make little excursion to Hertfordshire

[f.81v]

but now am obliged to keep Watch, & have not stirred
once from my Quarters since I left you.
I have had two Messengers to let me know Dinner
is upon the Table, therefore bid you adieu for the
present. I am my Dearest Judy
y^rs Entirely
M Madan

Westham Dec:15^th 1725

My Duty & Love where Due.